Extending-bracket for awnings.



H. H.'SCHROYER-.

EXTENDING BRACKEI FOR AWNINGS Armcmou FILED SEPT- 20. 1911.

1,274,945. Patented Rug. 191&

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- QM ENT OFFICE,

HARRY H. SCHIROYER, or cHIoAGo;ILLINOI As-srenon, BY MESN'E ASSIGNMENTS, To rRoTEcTo MANUFACTURINGQOMPANYQA CORPORATION or ILLINOIS;

EXTEND NG BfzACKET FOR nwmnes; I

I Specification of Lettersratent. 1 I Patented Aug". 6, 1918.

Original application filed lioveml er fih, Serial No. 63,527. l ietent No! 1,243,988. Divided and this application n ea September 2c, 1317. Serial No. 192,3fi3.

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dent of the city" of Chicago, in, the county 5 of Cook and State of Illinois,'ha:vej invented certain neW' and useful Improvements in v Extending Brackets for'Awni'n'gs'; and I do drawings, 'and to the numerals of reference marked thereon; which form t art of this specificetion. v i

Thisinvention is a diyisionof my 'allowed e'pplicaltioiii jorifpatent' for 'iniproyeiiients'fin October 23,1917, ndrelates'to an improved ,formof an extending bracket for an" awnfabric: end the method of mounting the same whereby sajid bracket when in lowered horizontal 'pos'itioii is prevented from" sliding up'wsirdly" in, the guides provided th retie 'alsb fobj eat 'o fjthis, invention to constructedewniiigiwherein vthe fabric is connectedto an extendingfbracket slidably enga edfin "fs'uiteble uides having means 85jthere1n for preyentingffelevetion" of the I I I .18 attached and adapted to be'wound theretion to provide anewning the lower end of 40 theffabricj-of which isconiiect'ed to an-"ex- I tendingbracket"haying segmentsha edjgudv v formed onl'th'e outer side thereofe' longitu- "dinal or rearwerdly projectingflajnge or projec tion 11", the endof which is rounded. 'Forined at right'ztngleson the-outer surface fof each {of the flanges .11, is a 'stubvshaft or geon heids' formed'jthereoii adapted to slidably' enga'ge'fiii window frame guides 'proyided with means" for preventing the jeleyation ofsaid blfawket whenin a horizontal po'sjiti'o l but jeirnitting the bracket to swin either upwardly or downwerdly frein"horifiohtion'to construct" it simple and e'fi'ectiye type loff ztn awning fabrieiexteiidingbracket easy "to operate and adapted when iira i extended bfiz nW l i't item b in jeleva e i HJSCGHIROYER, v a citizen of theUnitfed" States, and a resi- It'i's' an i pjortaiit object offthis iiiyen- I I W flanges 11, Each of said'gudgeon head'sf13, has one 'side'thereofcut away 'to' afford a Hat Projecting 'mean'ssecured within the bracket g I Other and furtherfimportant objects of thisinvention .will be apparent from thedisl'closures the drawings and specification.

The invention (in a'preferred form) is illustrated in the drawin'gsend hereinafter more fully described I 7 I On the drawings:

Figure 1 is e centralvertical section taken through" a Window Showing" the same equipped with 'an awning provided with an the principles of this invention;

' Fig.2,isa fragmentary"enlarged'sectional v detail taken online2 2 (if-Fig.1; 63,527, which b ecainefPatent No. 1,243,988,

' Fig. 3 is an" enlarged detail sectionalyiew with partsonntt d; taken on line'j3 3 of {As shown on the'drawin'gs:

The reference numeral 1f, "indicates" as a wholee Window frame, in which are slidably mounted the upperend lower window [sashes 2 and3'," respectively: Secured in'any suitable manner upon the upright side memhave brazed, riveted or 'secured thereto in any suitable manner guide f channels 5. ;Mo1unted at the'upper endiof thewindow fratm'eon each side thereof arehr'ackets 6,

which receive detachably engaged therein which the uppered'ge ofanawning fabric 8,

on. Connected [atjthe other or lower end .of

end caps 10, each 'ofwh'i'chhas integrally neck piece l2,"on fl the end of each ofwhich f i is integrally formed it "gudgeon head 13, disxtending" bracket i'construction embodying v the" gudgfeon' ends ofe spring roller 7,' to

posed in'e plane'parellel'to the plane of-the surfa'ce'14,end leave a head of "seginent said cross rod 21, when in horizontal position i to confine the'upper portion of the" awning to slide therein when the awning is raised I or lowered. Rigidlysecuredwithin each of said guide channels 5, near the lower'end thereof is a Z- or angle-shaped stop or locking bracket 15, having integrally formed at right'an'glcs to the upper portion thereof a horizontal stop or projection 16, beneath which oneend of'the fiat surface l h 'bf one of the segment heads 13,"proj'ects whenthe U-shaped extending bracket 9, is swung downwardly into a" horizontal position as shown in Fig 3. Due to the shapeiof'the gudgeon heads 13, and the positions of the projections 16, elevationpf the gu'dgeon hed s13, in'the guide channels 5, is prevented with the'bracket 9, in extendedhorizontal o s'iti on for'usefore'ven ifthebra cket 9,is swung downwardly below a hor'izontalposition. l v

'A' controlling and actuating cord '17, is connected at one of its ends to cords 18, which are attached aroundthe rolle j-7, and at its" other end extend's'throu'gh a snuallpulley 19, securedon the window-silljand'with the other end adapted 'to' be engaged over a hook 20, 'fpro'vided on the extending bracket 9, as'shown'in Fig. 1, and then attached to any suitable fastening nieans on the WlHClOW- sill. i Said-cord 17 thus serves to hold" the awning eiit'eii'ded, and even accidental release of the spring in theroller 7 to rotate" the roller, will be "resisted by the cord which is attached around the'hook 20. "hlovablysecured to onetside of the window-frame 1,-in one end of a cross rod 21, the-otherend of which is adapted to be reinovably' seated'lin a vhooked member 22,, mounted upon the" opposite side of the wirid'ow fra'ine, tope'rrhit fabric 8,"substantiallyin the plane of the window-frame, while-the lower portion of said 'fabric is held extended outwardly away from the windowby the bracket 9.

Thebperation is asfollowsi The guide 9' channels 5, are, first'attached totheside frame members ofth'e window, and then to the brackets' 6, in which" the roller 7, is'degudgeon heads 13',oi: 'the extending bracket 7 9, are then engaged throughthe open upper awning.

ends of the guide channels, within which the gudgeon heads subsequently operate" during the elevating and lowering niovenientsof the The spring 'i'within the curtanr roller 7,'serves towind' theawningfabric 8, thereon when it is des red to elevate the awning 1n.a usual and well known. manner, the

cord 17., is pulled downwardly,thus'rotating thecurtain roller 7 ,against the-stressgof its internal spring. ,Theendspf the extending bracket 9, "are-adapted to slide downwardly V by gravity iirthe guides 5, the gudgeon heads Zontal position after whichthe e0rd'17, is

engaged over the hook20,on said bracket 9,

and" fastened tothe window-sill to hold the awning in extended position, after which the cross rod 21, is swung upwardly into a horizontal position across the front of the awning fabric and seats in-tl1eliookecl member 22, to confinethe upper portion of the awning fabric in the plane of the window-frame. The shape of thsgu'dgeon lmads 13,zis such thatwh'en theeXtending bracket 9,*isswung (lbwnwardly into"horizontal'position' to extend fthedower': portion of the fabric away from the window, the flat "surfaces 142, of said gudgeon" heads are disposed to extendf be neath thejstops' 16, of the'i'stopbrackets" 15, thuspreventing the in'nerendsdftlre bracket 9, from being forced" upwardly accident I am aware that nurnerous details f"con- 1. The"con1bination wit h aguidechanneI,

a i seginentf shaped '"gudgeon "-head 'thereon adapted to slide in said guide channel and extend beneath said stop? when said extending bracket is in horizontal" positionto hold 1 otherwise Within theiguide channe1s-to invert the extending brack t,

7 of stop therein, an extending bracket, 1 and said extending bracket from being raisedflup- "wardly.

- 2 The"conibinationwith aguiae enamel, of an angle locking niean's "thereirrfanextending bracket, and ag'udgeon lieadt'liereon adapted to engagein said guide'ch'annel' and"havingportions thereof cut away to f afiord a flat surface to perinit saidgudgeon head to pass the'stopwhenthe'bracket'isin vertical position and to "(enact said stop when said bracket-is in horizontal position.

' The combination with a "channeled guide, of an angle shaped bracket therein, a

I I "horizontalstop fintegrally*foi'ined at right tachably j'ournaled. The segment shaped angles to .the upper portion thereof,""an "exing bracket, and "segment shaped means formed thereon and slldablyfe'nga'gedl inif 'aid gu de to pass sa1dJlock1'ngunean'sWhensaid tending brackets from being;elevated 'when in an extendedhoriiontal'position 'fdi"i1se.

bracket is in vertical position adapted to contact said flocking 'nieans to hold, said ex- 5. The combination with channeled guides, of stops therein, an extending bracket, an end cap secured on each end thereof, a flange integrally formed on each cap, a stub shaft rigidly secured on each flange at right angles thereto, and a segment shaped head integrally formed on each of said stub shafts engaged in said guides and adapted to engage said stops when said bracket is in extended horizontal position to hold the same against upward movement.

6. The combination with a guide channel, of a stop therein, an extending bracket, and

a segment shaped head thereon adapted to pass said stop when the bracket is in a ve1 tical position and contact said stop when said bracket is in a horizontal position to hold said bracket from elevation in said guide channel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY H. SCHROYER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. HILLs, J r., EARL M. HARDINE.

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